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" I was raised in a time when parents brought out belts, and you got tough love. "
Linda Perry
You
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" I didn't like being out in the limelight. I love performing, but that's it. "
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" I have to meet everybody I work with before I work with them. Before I say yes, I have to meet them, and then I take it from there. I don't care if you've had the best record or the worst. That doesn't matter to me. I don't care about that stuff. "
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" 'American Idol' is a machine. It's a machine that's making a lot of money, that's selling a lot of product. It's 'American Marketing.' "
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" If you want to be famous, you can. "
Linda Perry
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You
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" To me, I feel like everything I touch will do good. Because my heart and my passion is all in the right spot. And you can't go wrong with that. But maybe I'm naive. "
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" I did love 'What's Up?' but I hated the production. "
Linda Perry
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" I feel that when I listen to music - not that it's bad - it's not emotional. It has a gimmick to it. It's selling something: the artist, the producer, something. The emotional capacity is very small, for the listener as well. "
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" To give is one of the greatest gifts one could ever receive. "
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" I've had many songs where I've gone, 'Oh, my God, this song is going to be huge!' but it wasn't the right artist, or something just didn't happen. It didn't make the song any worse. It just didn't line up. That does happen. "
Linda Perry
God
Line
Right
" My process of songwriting comes from a very real place: a place that when you watch 'American Idol' - God bless it, it's probably an awesome experience that these people are having, but it's not a real one. "
Linda Perry
Place
People
American
" I was scared of failure, of being a one-hit wonder, never being able to write another song again, never being able to sing again. Maybe everything that I think I am and who I want to be never will happen. "
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Failure
Wonder
Want
" I love being home. I play with my dogs. "
Linda Perry
I Love
Dogs
Being
" I'm great at working with people and collaborating. And if my biggest gift of all is that I'm really good at pulling things from people and helping them become better at what they're doing, I'm here, as I believe all of us are, to be of service. "
Linda Perry
Great
People
Gift
" When making any record, a producer has a list of things you hope an artist brings to the studio. Songs that are strong even without the bells and whistles. "
Linda Perry
List
Without
Hope
" I love Pink, and I love Christina Aguilera. Something about Christina always inspires me to do things that are really different. "
Linda Perry
Pink
Different
Me
" I want to show people my interpretation of what creating music is, and this is where it comes from: the heart. "
Linda Perry
Want
Music
Heart
" Pink is an extremely secure person. She knows who she is. When she's going to make a change, she's going to make the change. She just needs someone to help her with the vision. "
Linda Perry
Change
Help
Vision
" I get to do all the styles of music that I love. There's no boundaries; there's nobody holding on to me saying I can't do that. "
Linda Perry
Holding
Saying
Nobody
" In no way am I a spiritual person. I'm not some guru geek. "
Linda Perry
Person
Way
Spiritual
" I want to be perceived - or maybe I perceive myself - as this really easygoing, honest person that's just giving. Realistically, I have those qualities, but I'm very aggressive. I can be very harsh. It comes off almost mean, you know? "
Linda Perry
Want
Giving
I Can
" I usually write songs in a guy key because my voice is so husky. "
Linda Perry
Write
Because
Key
" I'm not a children's songwriter. I'm not in that world. "
Linda Perry
Songwriter
World
Children
" If you're not confident, people push you around. That's it. It's super-simple. "
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You
Push
People
" I'm just in tune to myself and what I need from the universe. "
Linda Perry
Tune
Universe
Just
" I don't want to be a rock star. I had my 15 minutes of fame. "
Linda Perry
Want
Star
Rock Star
" It's not a 'sexy' position, being the producer. You have to be very bossy. You have to be very aggressive. "
Linda Perry
Bossy
Position
Sexy
" I nurture people's talents because, at the end of it, that's what they're left with. They're left with themselves. "
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Nurture
Left
End
" Record companies don't think creatively about what something could possibly be because they are not filled with creative people. Nobody's looking at the future of music because they're concentrating so hard on what they can get from it right this second. It's really hard to see an artist; it's a lot easier to see money. "
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People
Music
Money
" Music comes from inside. It's not a style. It's just passion. "
Linda Perry
Style
Passion
Music